Le troisième lien doit être réservé au transport en commun, croit Bruno Marchand rc.ca/SlTdQc

Canada needs a health-care system change incubator. With so many throughout the health-care field calling for change, a new approach is needed that will entertain all sorts of new ideas, by Steven Lewis thestarphoenix.com/opinion/column… via TheStarPhoenix.com

As of today, Belgians biking to/from work can receive compensation of €0.27/km ($0.48 mile). For someone with a modest 5 km commute, that amounts to ~€54/month. brusselstimes.com/358636/all-bel…

#Depression is a liar. Depression makes you believe your life is permanently shattered, and #suicide offers a way of destroying the person you can no longer tolerate, by Harvey Max Chochinov theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via Globe Opinion #MentalHealth

France has announced a new €2B investment in biking (plus €4B already committed). Plan includes: 🔹 23k km of new bike lanes by 2027 🔹 Secure bike parking at train stations 🔹 Subsidies for buying e-bikes 🔹 €300/yr for civil servants biking to work lemonde.fr/societe/articl…

“Several of the results” in a homeopathy paper “can only be explained by data manipulation or falsification.” skepticalinquirer.org/2023/05/homeop…

Important, balanced interview *NewsHour with Geoffrey Hinton on generative #AI youtube.com/watch?v=yAgQWn… "It's going to be tremendously useful in medicine" Thanks for the mention, Geoffrey

“Digital health tools are developing faster than the Food and Drug Administration is able to regulate them, Commissioner Robert Califf acknowledged this week: “I think we’re behind, and it’s going to be really hard to catch up.” #digitalhealth statnews.com/2023/05/09/fda…

Deaths of 40 people a year prevented by genetic testing before initiating chemotherapy in England says Vicky Chaplin #CPCongress

Chapeaux off to a neighborhood in Montreal for charging the owners of big cars more to park: usa.streetsblog.org/2023/05/16/her…

Germany's fast-track system for digital therapeutics might accelerating new products into the market, but clinical adoption rate has not changed much year to year - not yet anyway. Near-term outlook for #DiGA companies in Deutschland looks good.

Western Canada’s experience with for-profit surgery clinics: They worsen staff shortages, cost more and provide lower quality, by Andrew Longhurst @alonghurst.bsky.social Dr. Amit Arya Lesley Barron MD, MPhil, FRACS policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/marc… via IRPP Timothy Caulfield

I still think it's totally F-d up btw that research conducted at institutions funded by taxpayers now sits behind paywalls. Anyone should be able to access it, but especially doctors & patients.

"For every NHL concussion, over 7,000 Canadian women, girls and gender diverse people suffer concussions by an intimate partner" -- @Trevor_Linden joins @YMCA to bring awareness to shocking statistic. ywcavan.org/myconcussionst… via Amy Ma - 馬錦華 - Settler on Indigenous land #TBI #ViolenceAgainstWomen

About time… theguardian.com/world/2023/may…

The City of Boulder, Colorado‘s e-bike rebate program begins in July. Residents will be able to get $300 back off the price an e-bike or $500 off an e-cargo bike sold by local retailers. Low-income residents get even more back, $1200/$1400 respectively. boulderbeat.news/2023/05/20/bou…

#NoMoreManels #WHA76

New Comment from Ta-Wei Guu and colleagues: "Wearable devices: underrepresentation in the ageing society". Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, KCL Read it here: buff.ly/3WBcZu8

Is anything like this happening in Canada? wsj.com/articles/pharm… André Picard

🚨We’re on the verge of victory, but we’re also staring down the edge of defeat. DC insiders are predicting Kamala & Jacky will pull off a late victory in Nevada. Folks, we can’t elect the same politicians who created our problems! Every single vote matters — it really does!